Reuters historical calendar - October 29

London, Oct 28 (Reuters) Following are some of the major events to have occurred on October 29 since 1900: 1923 - Turkey became a republic under its first president, Kemal Ataturk.

1929 - Prices crashed on the New York Stock Exchange on what became known as ''Black Tuesday'', heralding the Great Depression of the 1930s.

1956 - Israeli troops crossed the border with Egypt and swept into the Sinai peninsula toward the Suez Canal.

1972 - The Black September guerrilla group hijacked a German Lufthansa Boeing 727 as it flew over Turkey and demanded the release of three comrades held over the killing of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games that year.

1980 - A declaration by China's Communist Party Vice-Chairman Deng Xiaoping that Chairman Mao Zedong had made serious political mistakes during his rule was made public.

1998 - South Africa's Truth Commission report was handed over to President Nelson Mandela; it held former president P W Botha, Mandela's ex-wife Winnie, Mangosuthu Buthelezi and the ruling African National Congress accountable for human rights violations.

2001 - Japan enacted a controversial bill to allow its armed forces to go abroad to back up US strikes in Afghanistan.

2004 - EU leaders signed the first pan-European constitution, designed to ensure the enlarged bloc could take decisions effectively with 25 members.

2005 - Sixty-six people were killed when three bomb blasts tore through markets in India's capital New Delhi.

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